| 单词 | infelicitous |
| 释义 | infelicitous (once / 48243 pages) adj You can use the adjective infelicitous when something doesn't work quite right, whether it's a remark or a wrong turn down a dark street or an unfortunate outfit worn to a job interview. If the ultimate outcome is awkward or unhappy, it's infelicitous. It would be infelicitous to complain about the broken air conditioning in your Mercedes while volunteering at a homeless shelter. In other words, it would be dreadfully inappropriate. Since the 1530s, infelicitous has been used to mean the opposite of felicitous, meaning "happy," which comes from the Latin word for "happiness," felicitas. WORD FAMILYinfelicitous: infelicitously+/felicitate: felicitated, felicitates, felicitating, felicitation/felicitation: felicitations/felicitous: felicitously, felicitousness/felicity: felicitate, felicities, felicitous, infelicity/infelicity: infelicities, infelicitous USAGE EXAMPLESSome rearranged elements in the second act are infelicitous. Washington Post(Nov 24, 2016) An infelicitous term—“helicopter money”—keeps popping up in the financial press. Wall Street Journal(Jul 06, 2016) He went through public contract squabbles, criticized his colleagues, and was occasionally suspended from social media for infelicitous remarks. The New Yorker(Jun 23, 2016) 1adj not appropriate in application; defective an infelicitous remark infelicitous phrasing the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy Syn|Ant awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept not elegant or graceful in expression unfortunateunsuitable or regrettable unhappyexperiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent felicitous exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style congratulatory, gratulatoryexpressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune happy, well-chosenwell expressed and to the point well-turned(of language) aptly and pleasingly expressed well-wishingextending good wishes for success happyenjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure 2adj marked by or producing unhappiness infelicitous circumstances Syn unhappy unfortunate not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune |
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